Hans Christian Anderson

Works found in Maria Tatar's collection:

• "The Emperor's New Clothes"
• "The Little Match Girl"
• "The Princess and the Pea"
• "The Ugly Duckling"
• "The Little Mermaid"
  

Key Facts:

• Has written over 150 tales
• stingy with the use of "happily ever after"

Quotes:

• “Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers”
• “Where words fail, music speaks.”
• “Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.”
• “Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.”
• “You say you have thousands of my days; but I have thousands of moments, in which I can be merry and happy [the ephemera replying to the oak tree].”